9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
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And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, …
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. …
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, …
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-11)Here we are told, I. That Paul changed his quarters. Christ directed his disciples, when he sent them forth, not to go from house to house (Luke 10:7), but there might be occasion to do it, as Paul did here. He departed out of the synagogue, being driven out by the perverseness of the unbelieving Jews, and he entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus , Acts 18:7. It should seem, he went to…
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